From ced2719f0ebc8575a7b58c24f39aa6a5dea3a7f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Calvin Montgomery Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:32:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document chat account age restrictions --- docs/new-account-chat-restrictions.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/new-account-chat-restrictions.md diff --git a/docs/new-account-chat-restrictions.md b/docs/new-account-chat-restrictions.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..365558bb --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/new-account-chat-restrictions.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Restricting New Accounts from Chat +================================== + +With the rising availability and popularity of VPNs and proxies, dedicated +trolls may often come back again and again with a new proxy after being IP +banned and continue spamming. In order to combat this, a new feature has been +added to make it more difficult to rejoin quickly and continue spamming. + +Channel moderators now have the ability to configure 2 different settings: + + * How long an account must be active before the user can send any chat message + * How long an account must be active before the user can send a chat message + containing a link + +This limit applies to both chat messages sent to the channel as well as private +messages. Both of these settings can be configured from the Channel Settings +menu at the top of the page, under the General Settings tab. By default, +accounts must be at least 10 minutes old to chat, and 1 hour old to send links +in chat. Setting either restriction to 0 will disable that restriction. + +The age of an account is determined as follows: + + * If the user is logged in as a registered account, the registration time of + the account is used. + * Otherwise, the timestamp of the session cookie is used. + +The session cookie is set whenever a user first joins a channel, and is reset +whenever the user's IP address changes. Different browsers will have different +session cookies.